Diabetes is a disease that either means you take tablets or you have injections everyday around 4-5 times everyday. You also have to prick your finger and put it on a strip. It is NOT contagious or disgusting. I have diabetes and i am proud to say that I have it and if any one is mean to me about it, I don't care because I've had it since a young age and it just makes me and diabetic people stronger!